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A Systems Approach to Alleviating Work-induced Stress and Improving Health, Well-being, and Resilience of Health Professionals Within and Beyond Education: A Workshop

Completed

An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore systems-level causes and downstream effects of job-related stress affecting all health professions working in learning environments-- both clinical and classroom settings. In collaboration with the National Academy of Medicine, the committee will seek to identify examples drawn from around the world that demonstrate how different professions cope with the stresses of educating health professionals under current health and educational structures, and how adjustments in policies and incentives might move organizations to adopt a more welcoming environment for testing and implementing individual stress-reduction and resilience-building strategies.

Description

An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore systems-level causes and downstream effects of job-related stress affecting all health professions working in learning environments-- both clinical and classroom settings. In collaboration with the National Academy of Medicine, the committee will seek to identify examples drawn from around the world that demonstrate how different professions cope with the stresses of educating health professionals under current health and educational structures, and how adjustments in policies and incentives might move organizations to adopt a more welcoming environment for testing and implementing individual stress-reduction and resilience-building strategies.
The workshop could open discussions on such questions as:
• What is the role of leadership for creating an enabling environment where stress-reduction and resilience training strategies can be tested and implemented?
• How might financial incentives be altered to allow education and health institutions the freedom to promote health and well-being among their faculty and providers?
• Could leadership development in self-care strategies alter future organizational structures?
• What sorts of policy shifts could incentivize leaders of education and health institutions to want to make a culture shift and positive organizational changes toward healthier work environments?
• What might be the downstream impacts of policy changes promoting friendlier, more collaborative work environments?
The committee will develop a workshop agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Following the workshop, a proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Committee

MaryJo Kreitzer

Co-Chair

Zohray Talib

Co-Chair

Kennita Carter

Member

Sara J. Czaja

Member

Katie Eliot

Member

Elizabeth A. Goldblatt

Member

Catherine L. Grus

Member

Aviad Haramati

Member

Pinar Keskinocak

Member

Sandeep Kishore

Member

Maryanna Klatt

Member

Kimberlyn Leary

Member

Ted Mashima

Member

Angelo McClain

Member

Richard W. Valachovic

Member

Meghan M. Walsh

Member

John Weeks

Member

Sponsors

Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Aetna Foundation

American Academy of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

American Board of Family Medicine

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American Council of Academic Physical Therapy

American Dental Education Association

American Medical Association

American Nurses Credentialing Center

American Occupational Therapy Association

American Osteopathic Association

American Physical Therapy Association

American Psychological Association

American Society for Nutrition

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Association of American Medical Colleges

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions

Athletic Training Strategic Alliance

Council on Social Work Education

Ghent University

Health Resources and Services Administration

Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education

National Academies of Practice

National Association of Social Workers

National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates, Inc.

National Board of Medical Examiners

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

National League for Nursing

National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

Physician Assistant Education Association

Society for Simulation in Healthcare

THEnet – Training for Health Equity Network

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Veterans Health Administration

Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar

Staff

Patricia Cuff

Lead

Katherine Perez

Major units and sub-units

National Academy of Medicine

Lead

Health and Medicine Division

Lead

Board on Global Health

Lead

National Academy of Medicine President's Office

Lead

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